PeopleTec

Flight Test Engineer

PeopleTec • $95K — $115K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-8 years of experience in modeling and simulation, software, aerospace systems, and/or flight testing
  • Bachelor's degree in science or engineering; advanced degrees can substitute for experience
  • Experience in trajectory analysis and flight test modeling
  • Strong troubleshooting and problem resolution skills
  • Familiarity with high-level programming languages (C++, C#, Python)
  • Effective communication skills for technical writing and presentations
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative team environment

Responsibilities

  • Support flight test analysis, planning, and execution
  • Develop and maintain engineering algorithms for modeling and simulation
  • Plan, implement, test, document, and maintain solutions for flight testing
  • Research and analyze solutions to meet customer demands
  • Collaborate with a diverse team to understand project requirements
  • Conceive innovative solutions for complex challenges
  • Support operational and development testing in austere locations

Benefits

  • Work with cutting-edge technologies in hypersonics and missile defense
  • Join an award-winning company with a strong team culture
  • Opportunity for professional growth in a dynamic environment
  • Engage in meaningful projects that address national challenges
  • Collaborative work environment with diverse customer interactions
Full Job Description
Opportunity

PeopleTec is currently seeking a Flight TestEngineer to support our Huntsville, AL location.

PeopleTec is seeking a motivated individual who is interested in joining an award-winning company and working with cutting edge technologies to include hypersonics, flight testing, missile defense, and weapon systems. The selected candidate will be a member of our dynamic Huntsville team and will work on projects involving mission and flight planning, flight test, and software product design, development, testing, and analysis.

Our team supports state-of-the-art projects, blending engineering skills and software design to perform research and analysis, modeling and simulation, flight testing, and launch support in a mission operations center. Team members work with a wide-ranging group of customers to understand project requirements and develop innovative and creative solutions to address the nations most pressing challenges. Our employee owners support our customers by:

  • Understanding and developing solutions to support emerging needs in a dynamic environment
  • Planning, implementing, testing, documenting, and maintaining solutions in support of flight testing
  • Conceiving, developing, and maintaining engineering algorithms to expand capabilities of models and simulations and support to flight testing
  • Supporting flight test analysis, planning, and execution

The successful candidate will be an adaptable, agile, experienced engineer who is a consummate team player capable of researching, analyzing, and engineering solutions to meet customer demand for flight testing tools and to support a fast-paced, cutting edge flight test program. The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented, possess effective communication skills, and have experience with flight test planning, test execution, and post test data analysis.

Qualifications

Required Skills/Experience:

  • Experience in trajectory analysis and flight test modeling and simulation
  • Ability to perform modeling and simulation efforts that will support the analysis of trajectory feasibility for hypersonic platforms
  • Support operational and development testing in austere locations, performing duties in the planning and execution of weapon testing
  • Experience in the analysis and decomposition of customer requirements and the subsequent development of measurable tasks to be completed by the engineering and software teams
  • Ability to apply an interdisciplinary approach to ensure technical needs are translated into step-by-step processes to produce efficient and effective results
  • Strong troubleshooting and problem resolution skills in support of requirements analysis, program design and development, unit testing, verification, integration, and reporting
  • Familiar with high level programming languages such as C++, C#, and/or Python
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Project)
  • Familiarity with the development and integration of engineering tools into software
  • Sound oral communication and technical writing skills and the ability to clearly communicate technical approaches and findings to the team and the government customer
  • The ability and desire to work in a fast-paced, collaborative team environment
  • Travel: Up to 25%
  • Must be a U.S. Citizen
  • An active DoD Secret clearance is required to perform this work. Candidates are required to have an active Secret clearance upon hire, and the ability to maintain this level of clearance during their employment.

Education Requirements:

  • Bachelors degree in science or engineering or scientific field of study from an accredited college or university and 5 - 8+ years of progressively complex experience in modeling and simulation, software, aerospace systems, and/or flight testing
  • A relevant masters degree in engineering or science from an accredited college or university may be substituted for two years of relevant work experience.
  • A relevant PhD degree in engineering or science from an accredited college or university may be substituted for three years of relevant work experience.

Desired Skills:

  • Performing on console operations in a flight test mission operations center

  • Familiarity with flight testing of emergent weapons systems

  • Experience with the verification and validation of modeling and simulation tools is preferred

  • Experience in analysis of trajectory feasibility based on aerospace data and mission parameters is desired

  • Experience in developmental test and/or operational test and evaluation for DoD programs is a plus

About PeopleTec

PeopleTec, Inc. is a defense contractor that provides engineering and technical services to the United States Department of Defense and other government agencies. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama. PeopleTec specializes in systems engineering, cybersecurity, and software development. The company has received numerous awards for its work, including the 2019 North Alabama Better Business Bureau Torch Award for Ethics and the 2018 Huntsville/Madison County Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year Award. PeopleTec has a strong commitment to giving back to the community and supports a variety of charitable organizations.
Learn more about PeopleTec
Size
500 employees
Industry
Net Income
$10 million
Founded
2005
5 Year Trend
+20%
Revenue
$100 million

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